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retainment

retainment

6.7
Keeping people or things so they are not lost
  • noun
  • /rɪˈteɪnmənt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : retención
  • The retainment of important documents is essential for legal compliance.

Examples

  • The question then becomes exactly why, if this administration has for its sole interest the retainment of power?

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  • For decades, housing was more important than the retainment of Sydney's agriculture.

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  • His retainment in the company was influenced by his excellent performance.

  • The retainment of her teacher's notes helped her succeed in the exam.

Synonyms

retention
vsretainment
23 4.2

Keeping something so you still have it

focuses on active action to prevent loss or removal
keeping
vsretainment
15 1.5

The care and protection of something that someone is responsible for

is about stopping loss rather than general care or responsibility
holding
vsretainment
12 4.2

Keeping something that you have or control

emphasizes preventing that possession from being taken away

Antonyms

to release
∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

loss
439 1.4

The event when you stop having someone or something important

How Secure

custody
  • Formal
333 3.8
preservation
90 3.8
retainment
  • Archaic
6.7
holding
12 4.2

Surface Forms

retainment singular
retainments plural

Morphology

retainment = retain (transparent) = retain + ment

Standard nominalization: 'retain' (to keep) + '-ment' yields the noun meaning 'the act or state of keeping'.

Etymology

Retainment comes from retain and shares the same root as tenure, meaning 'hold'. That's why it can mean the act of 'keeping' something, like the keeping of staff, customers, or information.